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Financial planning

With dealer groups across the industry struggling to retain planners, commentators are urging them to adopt the Net Promoter Score (NPS) system to get a better understand...

Funds management

The retail funds management sector grew by 14.7 per cent to $471.7 billion in 2012, according to Plan for Life....

Financial planning

Will the renewed optimism in the financial services industry bring on more jobs and higher salaries? What can financial planners hope for in terms of career opportunities...

Financial planning

Financial advisers practising within managed discretionary account (MDA) arrangements may seek the stability of a larger, more established MDA operator in order to meet A...

People & Products

Macquarie Group (Melbourne) executive chairman Simon McKeon has joined the AMP board as non-executive director....

Life/Risk

The life insurance sector has grown by around $200 million in the last quarter of 2012....

Superannuation

Concern that SMSF trustees do not have sufficient knowledge to diversify their portfolios....

Life/Risk

It has been a decade since the risk industry embraced phone and online underwriting. But has this technology delivered on its promise? Chris Kirby writes....

Life/Risk

A group of financial advisers has taken to social media to raise concerns that insurance comparison website Choosi is misrepresenting its services to clients and leading ...

People & Products

Following its decision to merge with financial advisory firm Tynan Mackenzie late last year, ipac has appointed Eric Gibson, Nick Brinkworth and Craig Weber as general ma...

Life/Risk

We can buy everything online – clothes, shoes, cars, holidays – so it is only natural that the direct life insurance channel is becoming part of the online tsunami. How t...

Editorial

AMP Limited has turned in a solid full-year net profit on the back of improved performances across a range of divisions including wealth management and AMP Capital....

Superannuation

AMP’s decision to tap into the SMSF space created quite a buzz in the industry. Paul Sainsbury explains the decision was only logical, outlining a few factors financial p...

Superannuation

Both industry and retail superannuation funds are trying to emulate SMSFs by providing more choice and flexibility for their members. But as Damon Taylor writes, many cla...

People & Products

Amelia Constantinidis has been appointed as the new director of AMP’s Horizons Academy....

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